Matthew 17:27

New American Standard Bible 2020

However, so that we do not offend them, go to the sea and throw in a hook, and take the first fish that comes up; and when you open its mouth, you will find a stater. Take that and give it to them for you and Me.”

Cross References

Genesis 1:28

God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

1 Kings 17:4

And it shall be that you will drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to provide food for you there.”

Psalm 8:8

The birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea, Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

Jonah 1:17

And the Lord designated a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish for three days and three nights.

Jonah 2:10

Then the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land.

Matthew 17:26

When Peter said, “From strangers,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are exempt.

Matthew 18:6

but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it is better for him that a heavy millstone be hung around his neck, and that he be drowned in the depths of the sea.

Matthew 18:8

“And if your hand or your foot is causing you to sin, cut it off and throw it away from you; it is better for you to enter life maimed or without a foot, than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.

Matthew 5:29

Now if your right eye is causing you to sin, tear it out and throw it away from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

Matthew 5:30

And if your right hand is causing you to sin, cut it off and throw it away from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to go into hell.

Mark 9:42

“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it is better for him if a heavy millstone is hung around his neck and he is thrown into the sea.

Mark 9:43

And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed, than, having your two hands, to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.

Luke 17:2

It is better for him if a millstone is hung around his neck and he is thrown into the sea, than that he may cause one of these little ones to sin.

John 6:61

But Jesus, aware that His disciples were complaining about this, said to them, “Is this offensive to you?

Romans 14:21

It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine, or to do anything by which your brother or sister stumbles.

1 Corinthians 8:13

Therefore, if food causes my brother to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause my brother to sin.

1 Corinthians 8:9

But take care that this freedom of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.

2 Corinthians 6:3

giving no reason for taking offense in anything, so that the ministry will not be discredited,

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

abstain from every form of evil.

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters: did God not choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?